Impossibly fast-moving stars are revealing the Milky Way’s mysterious heartTue, 06 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Near the centre of the Milky Way, a swarm of stars hurtles around a supermassive black hole at extraordinary speeds. Studying them could be the key to understanding our galaxy | |
The most ambitious ideas to save the world from El NiñoTue, 06 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 A monster El Niño is brewing in the Pacific Ocean – but there may be ways we can stop the worst impacts from occurring | |
Nobel prize in physics awarded for discovery of high-energy neutrinosTue, 06 Oct 2026 10:26:02 +0000 The 2026 Nobel prize in physics has been won by Francis Halzen for his work on neutrinos, which serve as 'ghost-like messengers from the cosmos' | |
Extinct yak relative discovered from DNA in Denisova caveMon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Genetic analysis of hundreds of tiny bone fragments found in the same cave that yielded the first fossil remains of the Denisovans has revealed that the region was once also home to a previously unknown species of yak | |
Can we harness the brain’s deep-cleaning system to prevent Alzheimer’s?Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000 The glymphatic system is the brain's recently discovered network for flushing out toxins. Now, we're uncovering surprising ways to boost it to protect brain health | |
AI finds bafflingly complex but beautiful symmetrical Venn diagramMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:40:13 +0000 Creating rotationally symmetrical Venn diagrams of increasing size is a long-standing mathematical challenge - now an amateur has used AI to generate the largest ones yet | |
Nearly 200 people isolated after lab worker in Russia dies of plagueMon, 05 Oct 2026 14:19:15 +0000 A lab accident is said to have led to the death of a woman from pneumonic plague in the Irkutsk region of Siberia, leading to nearly 200 possible contacts being put under observation | |
Compressing bones releases molecules that ease traumatic brain injuriesMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Pressing down on shin bones improved cognitive and motor symptoms in mice and pigs with traumatic brain injuries | |
What disasters will El Niño bring over the next year?Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 From wildfires to landslides to coral bleaching, past trends suggest what extreme weather the record El Niño will bring – but the world isn’t prepared | |
Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio who developed optogeneticsMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:37:07 +0000 The 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for the development of techniques for controlling brain cells with light | |